Shoe-cleaning machine.



A. G. KOPACKI.

SHOE CLEANING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. a, 1913.

Patented June 23, 1914.

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wi theoaca 'onrrsp .s'ra'rns PATENT OFFER -dLBERT G. KOPACIKI, 0F BAY CITY, MICHIGAN, ASSIGi-N'OR OF ONE-HALF T0 FRANK C. LEARMAN, OF ESSEXVTLLE, MICHIGAN.

SHOE-CLEANING MACHINE.

Specification or Letters Patent.

Patented June23, 1914.

Application filed. September 8, 1913. Serial No. 788,619.

residing at Bay City, in the county of Bay and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe- Cleaning Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same.

. My invention relates to improvements in shoe cleaning machines, and its ob ect is to provide a device of this character which will clean the shoe upon the foot of the wearer by the simple operation of rocking the foot to and fro, to provide a device simple in construction and effective in operation, and .to provide the same with other new and useful features hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is an elevation of a device embodying my invention with a shoe in operative position thereon, one position of the device being shown in solid lines, while the reverse position is shown by dotted lines; and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same with the shoe removed therefrom.

Like numbers refer to like parts-in the figures.

1 is a pedestal provided with a base 2, by

all of which it may be rigidly attached to the floor.v

A foot support a is pivotally attached near its center as at 5, to the upper end of the pedestal 1 and is provided with a heel stop 7 to aid in retaining the shoe in proper position during the operation. A pair of duplicate double bell crank levers 9 are pivotally connected at opposite sides ofthe pedestal near the base, and their'upwardly ex-" tending arms 8 are provided with hinged extensions 8 which carry .at their upper ends vided which normally draw the upper ends of the extensions 8 toward each other, but permit them to spread to'accommodate different widths of shoes, and the brushes 12 are pivotally attached to the said extensions f5 so that they will automatically aline themselves with the surfaces which they contact. These levers are rocked by movement Springs are proof the foot support 4 through the connecting rod-31, one end of which is attached near the toe of the said support 4, and the other end to the arm 10 of each double bell crank 9. An arm 14 is pivotally connected as at 15 to the pedestal 1 near its upper end and extends laterally from the said pedestal and is provided with an extension 14 pivotelly connected at 36 to the arm and this extension carries a heel brush 16 pivotally' attached as atv 17. A spring 37 normally draws the extension 14 upward relative to the arm 14,

and a pin 39 engages a stop 38 to limit this upward movement. This construction allows the extension 14, carrying the brush, to yield downward when suflicient pressure to overcome the spring 37 is applied to the brush. This brush is caused to move' upward at a greater speed than the heel end of the foot support 4 by being connected by the connecting rod 18 with the arm 11 of the double bell crank 9. vAn arm 34 projects forward from the toe end of the foot support 4 and carries on its forward end a lever 24, the lower end of which is attached by the connecting rod '21 to the arm 8 of the double bell crank 9. The movement of the foot support, together with the double bell crank. causes the lever 24 to oscillate and this lever carries at its upper end a hinged extension 26, which supports the toe brush 2U pivotally connected as at 30 to the said extension. A stop 26" limit-s the downward movement of this extension 'relative to the lever 52%, and a spring 28 yieldably holds the extension against the stop.

The operation of the device is as follows The operator places his foot. having a shoe to be cleaned thereon, upon the foot support 4 and adjusts it thereon by means of the heel stop 7. He then rocks the support upon its pivot 5 and this movement is transmitted throughthe above described connecting rods to the levers which carry the brushes, and these brushes are caused to move in the followingmanner to clean the shoe: The side brushes 12 oscillate longitudinally of the shoe, brushing the dirt from the sides thereof, The heel brush 16 rises and engages the heel of the shoe and moves vertically thereon, being maintained in engagement by the spring 37, the toe brush 29 engages the upper surface of the toe of the shoe and is retained in engagement by the spring 28'and moves longitudinally of the shoe at each oscillation of the lever .24.

l/Vhat I claim is a 1. A shoe-cleaning machine, comprising-a pivoted shoe support, a pair of bell crank levers having upwardly extending arms and horizontal arms arranged to move in planes longitudinal of the shoe support, brushes on the upwardly extending arms-of the said bell crank levers to brush the sides of a shoe and connecting rods attached to the horizontal arms of the bell'cranks and to the shoe support.

2'. A shoe cleaning machine, comprising a pivoted shoe support, a pair of hell crank ing the shoe support to raise the brush into contact with the heel of a shoe on the said support and to move the brush vertically on the shoe.

4. A shoe cleaning machine, comprising a pivoted shoe support,-ayieldable pivoted lever, a brush pivotally attached to the free -end of said lever, and means including the lever operated by rocking the shoe support to bring the brush into contact with the heel of a shoe thereon and to move the brush vertically on the shoe.

5. A shoe cleaning machine, comprising a pivoted shoe support, a lever pivotally attached to the said support, a brush on the upper end of the lever, and means including the lever actuated by rocking the shoe support to move the brush into contact with the upper surface of a shoe on the support andto move the brush longitudinally of the shoe.

6. A shoe cleaning machine, comprisin a pivoted shoe support, a yieldable lever pivotally attached to the said support, a brush pivotally attached to the yieldable lever, and means including the lever oper ate'd by rocking the shoe support to. move the brush into contact with the upper surface of a shoe .thereon and to move the brush longitudinally on the shoe.

7. A shoe cleaning machine comprising a pivoted shoe support, a pair of upwardly extending arms mounted to move longitudinally'of the shoe support, brushes on sald arms tobrush" the sides of, the shoe, and means connected to said arms and said support adapted to operate said arms upon piv- "otal movement of-theshoe support.

8. A shoe cleaning'machin'ecomprisinga pivoted shoe support, a pair ofupwardly extendin yieldable arm's mounted tomove' longitudinally; of the shoe support, brushes on said arms to brush the sides,.-of the shoe,

and means connected to said iirnisand to s upoifipivsaid support'to operate said" ar ota hmovement of the shoe support.

. -9.'A shoe cleaningmachine comprising apivoted shoe support, a brush supporting means,'. and means including the brush sup-.

porting means actuated by- .pivotal movement of the shoe support to operate the brush vertically over the heel of thesho'e.

10:- A shoe cleaning machine comprising a pivoted shoe" support, a brush supporting means, a; brushon the brush supporting means, and means including the brush supporting means actuated by the pivotal move.-

ment of the shoesupport to move said brush into contact with the upper surface of a shoe on the support.

11. v A shoe cleaning machine comprising a pivoted shoe support, a brush supporting -means, abrush on the. brush supporting means, and means including the brush supporting means actuated by-the pivotal movement of the shoe support to move said brush into contact with the upper surface of a shoe on the support and to-move the brush longitudinally of the shoe.

1 2. A shoe cleaning machine, comprising a 'pivo-ted shoe support, a lever pivotally attached to said support, a brush on the upper 'end of the lever, and means including the lever actuated by rocking the shoe support to move the. brush into contact with the upper surface of a shoe on the support.

13. A shoe cleaning machine, comprising a pivoted shoe s1 1pport,'ayieldable lever pivotally attached to the said support, a brush pivotally attached to the yieldable lever, and means including the lever operated by rocking the shoe support to move the brush into contact with the upper surface of a shoe thereon. p In. testlmony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT G. KOPA (1K T.

, Witnesses;

EIHVARI) It. NIONROE, FRANK. (l. SEARMAN. 

